Highway workers seen in October continue construction on U.S. Highway 90 in Broussard, south of Lafayette, along the planned Interstate 49 corridor.

Written by

Claire Taylor
Gannett Louisiana

LAFAYETTE - The widening of a section of U.S. 90 near Broussard and the possible construction of frontage roads and overpasses in Lafayette Parish - all part of upgrading U.S. 90 to Interstate 49 - will begin in 2014.

Other construction projects to upgrade U.S. 90 to I-49 from Lafayette to the west bank of New Orleans, including preliminary designs for the elevated connector near downtown Lafayette, are scheduled to get under way between 2014 and 2016, according to state highway officials.

For decades, officials and community leaders have pushed for completion of I-49 South from its current ...